tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post7169019458339059726..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: A Slice of Death - Bob McKnightJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-24365454078831743912009-12-19T07:56:41.216-06:002009-12-19T07:56:41.216-06:00I liked some of Bob McKnight's other ACE novel...I liked some of Bob McKnight's other ACE novels, THE FLYING EYE and A STONE AROUND HER NECK.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-54553120154240476192009-12-18T17:00:06.719-06:002009-12-18T17:00:06.719-06:00Well, I've never been very good at estimating ...Well, I've never been very good at estimating wordage. Could've been more than 30,000. No more than 40,000, though.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-67380732881806043072009-12-18T15:47:29.456-06:002009-12-18T15:47:29.456-06:0030,000 words in 102 pages? Must have been either b...30,000 words in 102 pages? Must have been either big words or big type.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-7108089072019090562009-12-18T13:35:08.227-06:002009-12-18T13:35:08.227-06:00This looks like a cool read, James. I sometimes se...This looks like a cool read, James. I sometimes see the Ace Doubles around and will look for it. Thanks for posting it.<br /><br />We used slide rules in h.s. chemistry and I never did get the hang of using them.<br /><br />Ed LynskeyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-7581652517654569822009-12-18T09:55:36.227-06:002009-12-18T09:55:36.227-06:00Look out for web references to GRANDSTAND going fo...Look out for web references to GRANDSTAND going forward...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-82256906309049229132009-12-18T09:54:46.115-06:002009-12-18T09:54:46.115-06:00I inherited my engineer-father's slide rule, b...I inherited my engineer-father's slide rule, but never learned to use it, as calculators were getting good about then. I'm just old enough to prefer electric typewriters to manuals.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-50198880745945670892009-12-18T08:11:25.865-06:002009-12-18T08:11:25.865-06:00I never mastered the slide rule despite having a m...I never mastered the slide rule despite having a math whiz boyfriend. He carried it around for onspot demos but no leather case.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-70783954778766647002009-12-18T07:22:05.067-06:002009-12-18T07:22:05.067-06:00Bill,
Hey, at least you were cool enough to be in ...Bill,<br />Hey, at least you were cool enough to be in the band. (I was in the Slide Rule Club, too, and had the coolest leather holster for it . . .)James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-66798139998174838272009-12-18T07:06:23.228-06:002009-12-18T07:06:23.228-06:00McKnight was a pal of Harry Whittington's, and...McKnight was a pal of Harry Whittington's, and Whittington helped him get his first book published. Or so I speculate. Thanks to Richard Moore, I have a copy signed by McKnight to Whittington.<br /><br />I was a member of the Slide Rule Club in high school. You can't get much geekier than that.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-90743616662672005802009-12-18T05:31:38.656-06:002009-12-18T05:31:38.656-06:00Bob McKnight loved the sport of horse racing. The ...Bob McKnight loved the sport of horse racing. The majority of his novels use the track (in Florida)as a backdrop in the plots. He even wrote a couple of non-fiction books on handicapping. I've always enjoyed his ACE mystery novels. <br /><br />Bill KhemskiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-2154417423025498742009-12-18T02:23:47.528-06:002009-12-18T02:23:47.528-06:00I'm hearing the imaginary theme song as it pla...I'm hearing the imaginary theme song as it plays over the imaginary title sequence. Travis McGee meets Dick Francis? That would have been a good show.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473441336451528462noreply@blogger.com